Least favourite Eagles song?

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well - I'm going to partially quote what I wrote in this thread back in 2014 because I haven't changed my opinion at all ...

Well I'm one that loves The Last Resort. I understand why some may say it is preachy and makes them uncomfortable, but the melody, music, vocals, and, yes, even the insightful lyrics overcome that for me. I happen to believe there is a lot of truth to it and that it was ahead of it's time in 1976 in terms of its environmental message and about man's tendency to destroy nature.

Disco Strangler also gets my vote for least favorite, but since it's on so many other lists, I'd also include Earlybird and Take the Devil on my list.

[sodascouts]

Oh dear, have I repeated myself? That's the problem with old revived threads. I forget what I've already said.

ETA: Just went back and checked out my old post. I have said something new... I'm bothered by more than just the last verse, but my tone overall is more positive. That makes me feel better.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Hey Soda - I wouldn't stress over it too much. When you've been around talking about this band and their music as long as we have, you're bound to repeat yourself.

[L101]

Well I'm one that loves The Last Resort. I understand why some may say it is preachy and makes them uncomfortable, but the melody, music, vocals, and, yes, even the insightful lyrics overcome that for me. I happen to believe there is a lot of truth to it and that it was ahead of it's time in 1976 in terms of its environmental message and about man's tendency to destroy nature.
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I have to agree with you here Dreamer - I've always loved The Last Resort. Yeah, it's a bit preachy but that was Don in the 70's and the lyrics are still true, especially today.... but the melody, the music and how he builds up the vocals and the song to that brilliant ending are just fantastic and even more so, as I finally heard it live when he played here last week - he said he wouldn't be able to do it justice without an orchestra, but the band proved him wrong - they were amazing and so was Don

[WS82Classics]

'Last Resort' is a very good piece of music.

Lyrically, the first 2 verses(of 3 in all) are great. I'll cop, however, to having a certain uncomfortability when I try to sing along to the 3rd one, given how I was raised and the way I try to live my own life. The last line, though, may well be the best of the whole song...

"You call some place paradise? Kiss it goodbye!"

So true. So much of what people consider paradise(and, by extension, beautiful) in this world is very fleeting. Like flash-paper, it's gone in a relative instant. That's all I have to say on that...


To me, LWKUA would sound a lot better if Bernie Leadon were singing it--Only he could milk those corn-ball lyrics for all they're worth. "Nightingale" and "Teenage Jail" are simply beyond any hope of saving.